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Ten Etesia UK dealers have recently visited Pellenc’s state-of-the-art facilities in Pertuis, France to reward them as the ten best performing dealers for the range of environmentally friendly battery-powered equipment.
After arriving in Marseilles, t
A garden featuring three sculpted bicycles and a French theme will be built in time for the Grand Départ in next year's Tour de France.
Harrogate Borough Council has commissioned a sculptor to create three sculptures to feature in the garden.
The gar
Planete Jardin is a Paris based landscape gardening company who can offer the full range of services for your garden by an English speaking team throughout the Ile De France.
We specialise in the design and construction of all domestic gardens from a
As promised, between the champagne and the Christmas duck, I muffled-up warmly and paced about the garden looking for flowers. I have included only those I have found in my own garden; extended to include others in the village, the list might be much
The Garden Design Academy began by providing training to garden designers and by assisting home gardeners to design their own gardens. I started offering these in the UK from our offices in Hertfordshire and when we moved to France they took on a who
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As Blue Monday is fast approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to give a small reminder to our community here on Landscape Juice to remember to tell people about your worries and if you’re having negative thoughts. Talking about emotions…
Britmow weren’t aware how much of an impact attending a trade show would have on their future endeavours. In the run up to their 50th anniversary, they were exploring ideas of how to celebrate. It’s only when they met Kate Cooney from…
“Gardening programmes tend to be very ‘traditional’ white middle-class in their attitude towards gardening”, Julia Sargeant said in an interview after she won gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2016. She was the first black gardener to design…
A carefully-planned turf nutrition and treatment programme utilising three key Sherriff Amenity products has produced a sustained rise in the health, condition and playing standard of greens at the Milford Golf Club in Surrey.
The programme…
Studies report that burglary is one of the most emotionally impactful crimes to be a victim of. The prevention of being succumbed to it is always at the back of our minds – is anything on show? Are all the windows closed? Did you definitely lock…
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"Hi Graeme
We rendered the back of my house last year with K Rend - I'm just a landscaper but my right hand man was a plasterer so he did the technical bit.
I would say that £500 would probably be a fair rate for your job as it is quite small , so…"
We rendered the back of my house last year with K Rend - I'm just a landscaper but my right hand man was a plasterer so he did the technical bit.
I would say that £500 would probably be a fair rate for your job as it is quite small , so…"
Any help would be appreciated I've been asked to replant 12 concrete 'bowls' ...they are about 30 inches in diameter and 16 inches deep at the lowest point ...and it requires a watering system they are spaced out over a distance of 70 feet with the…
"I would say never use a pressure washer. I always service my own machinery, but when the local Dealer used to do it they always pressure washed it first. So every year, about two to three weeks after using it again in spring, I would hear a bearing…"
"In the UK Irish guys were accused on being the sellers of dodgy Makita tools out of the back of vans, in California it was Mexicans.
Same tools, same type of operation, thousands of miles apart and possibly the same types of prejudices."
Same tools, same type of operation, thousands of miles apart and possibly the same types of prejudices."
"A discussion about fake Makita tools from sixteen years ago.
https://www.finehomebuilding.com/forum/are-there-fake-makita-drills..."
https://www.finehomebuilding.com/forum/are-there-fake-makita-drills..."
"those were the days lol, now it's some master mind on another continent scamming and his hench men posting out the knock off gear from their uk distribution centre"
"There used to be guys driving around trying to sell fake Makita tools out of the back of vans, they only weighed half of what their should have done and if you held them up and looked through the vents the motor was about a third of the size it was…"
"The whole structure looks a bit fragile , very unsightly .
I wonder if the damaged area can be chisled out and repaired with some coloured mortar ?"
I wonder if the damaged area can be chisled out and repaired with some coloured mortar ?"
"This is what I mean about drilling into brick! It wasn't me, a new garden and obviously they didn't use a big enough drill bit!"
"I just use a garden hose 2 or 3 times a year, to rinse down the mower, maybe a bit of degreaser spray, wipe off/dry with kitchen towel/rag and that does the trick. I do re-oil the moving parts and the cables each time it's washed as well, not just…"
"i have the makita job radios and coffee maker but haven't tried the garden tools. Bought a very realistic fake 18v makita battery on ebay recently, very convincing including makita branded packaging, etc. However within minutes of close scrutiny I…"
"However Makita warn against trying to push the batteries too hard, once the tool slows down or stops don’t let it rest to recover a bit then run it again.
Also take spare batteries with you and don’t recharge the tool batteries using an inverter in…"
Also take spare batteries with you and don’t recharge the tool batteries using an inverter in…"
"I think Stihl and Ego are pretty good, I also use a lot of Bosch 36V, which are very good packs as well but killed a charger one time running too many batteries through it in succession on a warm ish day which caused the charger itself to over heat…"
"To quote Stihl, who expect you to be charging the batteries twice every working day:
The use of a quick charger has no detrimental effect on the useful life of the battery.
The battery and charger are intelligently connected during the entire charge…"
The use of a quick charger has no detrimental effect on the useful life of the battery.
The battery and charger are intelligently connected during the entire charge…"
Watering system for containers
Any help would be appreciated I've been asked to replant 12 concrete 'bowls' ...they are about 30 inches in diameter and 16 inches deep at the lowest point ...and it requires a watering system they are spaced out over a distance of 70 feet with the…
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Lithium iron batteries thought's on optimum charge time's.
I should point out, i dont' actually own any battery powered kit as yet, maybe next year!However more and more people are going over to battery power, so i was just wondering how most people charge them.Do you just top them up or give a full charge…
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Hi guys,screeching noise from hla85 long reach hedgecutter,blades clean and lubricated,anybody experienced same or any idea on cause before I leave it with my local stihl dealer
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Hi All,Does anybody have any idea on the cost of K-rend? I am looking to have a seat (solid concrete blocks) rendered for a client in white. It is about 4sqm of surface and 18m of beading?What would be the typical cost for supply and install. I have…
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